German on trial for killing 5, injuring 18 in car rampage
BERLIN (AP) — A 51-year-old man has gone on trial in Germany for a vehicle rampage that killed five people in the western city of Trier last year.…
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As winds calm, firefighters find hope battling French blaze
LE LUC, France (AP) — A fire that has ravaged forests near the French Riviera for four days is slowing down as winds and hot weather subside. But…
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 19: Afghanistan, coronavirus, extreme weather, Facebook, Russia
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN The red-hot housing market that has created so much stress and competition for homebuyers could be cooling off soon, if…
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 19: Afghanistan, coronavirus, extreme weather, Facebook, Russia
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN The red-hot housing market that has created so much stress and competition for homebuyers could be cooling off soon, if…
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 19: Afghanistan, coronavirus, extreme weather, Facebook, Russia
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN The red-hot housing market that has created so much stress and competition for homebuyers could be cooling off soon, if…
Continue ReadingIsrael eases restrictions on blood donations by gay men
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s health minister says he has lifted restrictions on blood donations by gay men, saying the longstanding query posed to…
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 19: Afghanistan, coronavirus, extreme weather, Facebook, Russia
By AJ Willingham, CNN The red-hot housing market that has created so much stress and competition for homebuyers could be cooling off soon, if some…
Continue ReadingA Texas school superintendent speaks out after parents accosted 2 teachers over masks
CNN, KEYE, KOVR, KCAL, KCBS, WSMV By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN A school superintendent in Texas is speaking out after a teacher was physically assaulted…
Continue ReadingEU foreign chief calls fall of Kabul “catastrophe”
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s foreign policy chief has called the fall of Afghanistan’s capital and the…
Continue ReadingKhmer Rouge official on appeal denies complicity in genocide
By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The last living member of Pol Pot’s inner circle denied…
Continue ReadingTexas health officials warn of full ICUs as state grapples with worsening Covid-19 surge
By Travis Caldwell, CNN The latest surge in Covid-19 hospitalizations this summer is having a deepening effect in Texas, a state that has seen its…
Continue ReadingStart-up US airlines say bookings sag as COVID cases rise
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The nation’s two newest passenger airlines are showing signs of growth — raising money and announcing new…
Continue ReadingStart-up US airlines say bookings sag as COVID cases rise
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The nation’s two newest passenger airlines are showing signs of growth — raising money and announcing new…
Continue ReadingKenyan guard who wrote on Qatar abuses fined, leaves country
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Kenyan security guard who wrote compelling dispatches under a pseudonym about the challenges of living as a…
Continue ReadingHong Kong police seize meth, heroin worth $25 million
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police say they have seized 195 million Hong Kong dollars ($25 million) worth of illegal drugs as part of a monthslong…
Continue ReadingIndonesian police arrest 53 linked to new militant cell
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police say they have arrested at least 53 suspected militants in recent…
Continue ReadingNigerian police say 9 pupils taken in new school kidnapping
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian police say gunmen have abducted nine students on their way home from an Islamic…
Continue ReadingBombing hits Pakistan Shiite procession, killing at least 3
By ASIM TANVEER Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a powerful roadside bomb has exploded among a procession of Shiite…
Continue ReadingHong Kong grants quarantine exemption to Nicole Kidman
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s government says it has granted a quarantine exemption to an individual to perform “designated professional work”…
Continue ReadingTop German court rejects appeals in neo-Nazi killings case
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s highest court has rejected the appeals of three people who were convicted in one of the country’s most high-profile…
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